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Rationalization vs Rational - What's the difference?

rationalization | rational |

In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between rationalization and rational

is that rationalization is (mathematics) the simplification of an expression without changing its value while rational is (mathematics) a rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.

As nouns the difference between rationalization and rational

is that rationalization is the process, or result of rationalizing while rational is (mathematics) a rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.

As an adjective rational is

capable of reasoning.

rationalization

English

Alternative forms

*rationalisation

Noun

(wikipedia rationalization)
  • The process, or result of rationalizing.
  • A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
  • A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
  • (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
  • (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.

    • Synonyms

    * reasoning, rationale *(reorganization of a company or organization) consolidation *(concealment of true motivation) *(simplification of a mathematical expression)

    rational

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rationall (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rationel, rational, from (etyl)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of reasoning.
  • *
  • Logically sound; not contradictory or otherwise absurd.
  • (label) Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.}}
  • Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.
    • ¾ is a rational number, but ?2 is an irrational number.
  • Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.
  • (label) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; said of formulae.
    • Antonyms
    * (reasonable) absurd, irrational, nonsensical * (capable of reasoning) arational, irrational, non-rational * (number theory) irrational
    Related terms
    * arational * irrational * non-rational * rationale * rationality * rationalness * subrational * suprarational

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rational, from , for which see the first etymology.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers.
    • The quotient of two rationals''' is again a '''rational .
  • A rational being.
    • (Young)

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